as in brittle
having a texture that readily breaks into little pieces under pressure
old, embrittled movie film that would never stand up to being run through a projector
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Adjective
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Whether your hair is naturally dry or parched from excessive color treatments and heat styling, brittle strands are a stubborn bummer.—
Annie Blackman,
Glamour,
14 July 2025 -
Models that aren’t trained that way—like early LLMs trained mainly with vanilla imitation learning—tend to be brittle and error-prone.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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The new driver display is crisp and easy to see, a head up display delivers all the key data points right in your field of vision and chrome buttons that surround the inner portion of the steering wheel can be tapped for things like adaptive cruise control and or to activate Spirit assistance.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Its off-axis viewing is just OK, but its mini LED backlight does a good job of creating crisp images and deep blacks.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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For beginners, Bravo recommends starting with short sessions and using a handle for support while your body adapts.—
Jordan Galloway,
SELF,
15 July 2025
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Families can also listen to short episodes of the Cow Tales Podcast and find more secret missions.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 July 2025
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“Embrittled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embrittled. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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